Hog-oiling device.



H. D. DUCKHAM.

HOG OILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED mms. 1916.

l 1 88, 1 6 1 Patented June 20, 1916.

I v y ATTORNEYS HARRYDANIEL DUGKI-IIAM, or KENTON, OHIO.

HOG-OILING DEVICE. 4

Application filed January 8, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY D. DUoKHAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hog-Oiling Devices, of which the following is a specification. i

The principal object of my present invention resides in the provision of a belly rubbing device for hog oilers in the nature of a curved foot attachable to the lower end of the rubbing bar and provided with a cup for catching and retaining the surplus oil finding its way down the bar, the foot being of such shape and proportion as to readily engage under the jowls, arm pits, and flanks of the animals using the oiler.

A further object resides in the provision of means for collecting and retaining the oil not rammed from the rubbing bar, where it may be lapped up by the animals.

\Vith these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description proceeds the invention resides in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which Figure 1 represents a view in section taken vertically through a hog oiler showing the device in place thereon. Fig. 2 represents a front elevational view of the device'showing it in place on the rubbing bar. Fig. 3 represents a vertical central sectional view taken through the device. Fig. 4 represents a view in perspective of the same.

The improved rubber consists essentially in the provision of an outcurved foot piece attachable to the rubbing bar and so shaped and proportioned as to fit against the jowls, armpits, and flanks of the hogs as they rub against the bar, whereby the oil contained in a cup formed in .the foot piece may be rubbed onto these parts not ordinarily treated by hog rubbers of usual construction.

\Vhile the device forming the subject of my present application may be used in connection with hog oiling machines of various types, it is intended primarily to be employed on my improved oiler which forms the subject of an application Serial Number 31462, filed June 1, 1915.

Referring more particularly to the draw- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 11111620, 1916.

Serial No. 70,967.

ing, I have indicated in Fig. 1 an oiling machine constructed according to the invention set out in the above named application.

of Kenton, in the ounty f Hardin and aThis machine consists essentially of a bracket 5 supporting a stationary reservoir 6 which feeds oil into a tiltable trough 7, the latter being operable through the medium of a lever 8 to deposit oil upon the upper end of a rubbing bar 9, which latter is pivoted adjacent its upper end and moves when the animals rub against it, to actuate the trip lever.

The belly rubber or foot piece embodying my present invention is indicated in the drawing at 10. It takes preferably the form of a metallic casting constituting a relatively horizontally extending body A and an upwardly extending shank B, said casting including a front wall 5 and rearwardly extending side walls or flanges 6. The walls of the, shank B are inset from the corresponding walls of body A, a shoulder '11 being thus formed against which the lower end of the rubbing bar 9 abuts. The shank fits within the lower portion of the rubbing bar as indicated, and is secured thereto through the medium of screws or equivalent fastenings 12. The front face of body A at its upper portion isthus positioned flush with the rubbing surface of bar 9, so that the oil not rubbed off of the bar may run down onto the surface of the foot piece.

A depression or cup 13 is formed approximately in the central portion of body A and is'designed to catch and retain the oil as it moves downwardly over the surface of the foot piece. The front surface of the foot piece against which the animal may rub, curves downwardly and outwardly from the lower portion of bar 9, as indicated generally at 14. The front and side portions 15 and 16 of the body, between which the cupor depression 13 is defined, are of rounded or convex formation, and are provided with ribs 17 suitably arranged to form roughened surfaces against which the animals may rub. A pair of downwardly diverging ribs 18 formed onthe surface 14 centrally thereof and above the cup 13, serves to break the evenness of the surface and also serves to deflect the oil over practically the entire front surface of the foot piece so that the oil may be more readily transferred to the hides of the animals as the latter rub against the foot piece.

Any oil remaining on the rubbing bar while it is idle, will flow down the same and eventually find its way to the cup 13 where it is collected and retained. The cup thus serves as a reservoir from which the pigs may lick or lap the oil, the beneficial, medicinal properties of many kinds of which are well known.

The portions of shoulder 11 occurring on the side walls or flanges 6 are forwardly inclined and the portion of said shoulder occurring on the front wall of the foot portion is concaved. Any oil which may find its way into the joint between the foot piece and the rubbing bar will therefore be directed downwardly and outwardly onto the central portion of surface 14 above the cup 13-, so that no waste of the oil will occur.' The foot piece may be made separately from the rubbing bar and attached thereto as described, or it may be formed integrally with the rubbing bar if found desirable.

Although I have'describedthe preferred embodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changes in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts thereof, as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim V l. The combination with the rubbing bar of an oiling machine, of a foot piece consisting of a substantially horizontally extending body portion having a convex rubbing surface provided centrally with a depression forming a cup, and an upwardly extending reduced shank adapted to be connected with the rubbing bar, a shoulder being formed at the junction of the body and shank against which the lower end of the rubbing bar may abut, whereby to bring the surface of the foot piece adjacent the bar flush with the surface of the latter.

2. The combination with the rubbing bar of an oiling machine, of a foot piece consisting of a substantially horizontally extending body portion having a convex rubbing surface provided centrally with a depression forming a cup, and an upwardly extending shank adapted to be connected with the rubbing bar for positioning said foot piece thereon.

3. The combination with the rubbing bar of an oiling machine, of a foot piece including a substantially horizontally extending body portion having a, convex rubbing surface provided centrally with a depression forming a cup, said cup .adapted to catch oil flowing from the rubbing bar.

i. A rubbing bar having a substantially horizontally extending foot portion provided witha depression for catching and retaining oil flowing from the bar and having rubbing surfaces flanking the depression.

5. A substantially horizontally extending foot piece for rubbing machines, provided with a rubbing surface, and a cup adapted to retain and so disposed with respect to the rubbing surface as to compel the transfer of oil to an animal using the rubbing surface.

6. The combination with the rubbing bar of an oiling machine, of a foot piece having an outwardly extending rubbing surface and having a depression formed centrally of the rubbing surface, an upwardly extending reduced shank adapted to be connected with the rubbing bar, and a shoulder formed at the junction of the body and shank against which the end of the rubbing bar may abut, said shoulder inclining toward the central portion of the rubbing surface for directing oil thereonto.

HARRY DANIEL DUCKHAM.

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